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BB-1 USS INDIANA
Spanish American War - 1905


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1891 - Pre Spanish American War
1906 - 1924


Indiana Class Battleship: Displacement 10,288 Tons, Dimensions, 350' 11" (oa) x 69' 3" x 27' 2" (Max), Armament 4 x 13"/35 8 x 8"/35, 4 x 6"/30, 4 x 18"tt, Armor, 18" Belt, 15" Turrets, 3" Decks, 10" Conning Tower, Machinery, 9,000 IHP; 2 vertical, inverted, triple expansion engines, 2 screws, Speed, 15 Knots, Crew 473.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Cramp, Philadelphia on May 7, 1891. Launched February 28, 1893, Commissioned November 20, 1895; Decommissioned December 29, 1903; Recommissioned January 9, 1906; Decommissioned May 23, 1914; Recommissioned May 24, 1917; Reclassified Coastal Battleship #1, March 29, 1919; Decommissioned March 31, 1919.
Fate: Sunk as target off Tangier Island, Maryland, November 1 1920, Hulk sold March 19, 1924 and broken up for scrap.

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BB-1 Indiana 56k Postcard drawing of the Indiana (BB-01), probably on the occassion when the Spanish Admiral Cervera saw that his situation was desperate and began his gallant dash out of Santiago 3 July 1898, hoping to outrun the American blockaders. Indiana did not join in the initial chase because of her extreme eastern position on the blockade, but was near the harbor entrance when destroyers Pluton and Furor emerged. In a short time both ships were destroyed by Indiana's guns and those of the other ships. Meanwhile the remaining Spanish vessels were sunk or run ashore, in one of the two major naval engagements of the war. USN photo courtesy of Jack Treutle. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-1 Indiana 105k Indiana, (BB-01) underway 1898. Photo by William H. Rau, 1898.
BB-1 Indiana 60k Photographed off New York City by George P. Hall & Sons, Summer 1898. Iowa (BB-4) is in the distance, beyond Indiana's (BB-01) starboard side. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 52644.
BB-1 Indiana 62k PY Gloucester, in 1898, with the Indiana (BB-01) in the background. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 93858.
BB-1 Indiana 189k Indiana (BB-01) in Fleet Review painted in wartime gray, with the PY Gloucester (J.P. Morgan's Corsair) alongside. USN / USNI photo.
BB-1 Indiana 296k Stereoview card photo of the Indiana (BB-01) titled, "The First-Class Battleship Indiana returning home from Santiago." It is dated Copyright 1898, by Strohmeyer & Wyman Publishers, NY. Courtesy of Barbara Starling & Joe Herrick.
BB-1 Indiana 71k Indiana (BB-01) tied up at pier and painted in wartime gray, 1898. USN / USNI photo.
BB-1 Indiana 133k Indiana (BB-01) painted in wartime gray, with her battle ensign at her foretop. Arrangement of the ventilator cowls helped distinguish one ship from another within this class. The 6-pounder broadside battery can be seen on the upper deck and after bridge. One-pounders are in the foremast fighting tops. USN / USNI photo.
BB-1 Indiana 113k A postcard drawing by the Illustrated Postal Card Co N.Y. of the Indiana (BB-01), possibly based on the above photo. Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Photo added 12/03/06.
BB-1 Indiana 47k Postcard painting of the Indiana (BB-01), possibly entering the waters near the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY, during 1898. USN / USNI photo.
BB-1 Indiana 55k Indiana (BB-01) in drydock at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY, during 1898. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 91935.
BB-1 Indiana 158k Indiana (BB-01) tied up at pier in Brooklyn Harbor. USN / USNI photo.
BB-1 Indiana 57k Photograph taken in the summer, 1898. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 61210.
Return of the Conquerors, September 29, 1899 60k Oil on canvas painting entitled "Return of the Conquerors, September 29, 1899", by the artist Edward Moran (1829-1901), which appears in the collections of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland, features the Texas, Indiana (BB-01), Massachusetts (BB-02), Oregon (BB-03), Iowa (BB-04) and other ships of the victorious U.S. fleet. Partial text and drawing courtesy of USNI.
BB-1 Indiana 59k Crewmen standing atop Indiana's (BB-01) forward port side 8-inch gun turret, circa the later 1890s. The small steamer Riverside is visible on the right. Courtesy of Paul Silverstone, U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 93856.
BB-1 Indiana & Iowa 119k Postcard photograph of the Indiana (BB-01), taken about 1899 or later. The Indiana is in the foreground and the Iowa (BB-04) is in the background. USN / USNI photo.
BB-1 Indiana 59k League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1900. The monitors Montauk at left, and Lehigh at right, laid up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard USNI / USN photo.
BB-1 Indiana 151k Indiana (BB-01) at anchor, circa 1900. USN / USNI photo.
BB-1 Indiana 120k Starboard side, circa. 1900. National Archives # 19-N-6784, USN photo.
BB-1 Indiana 79k Port side view circa 1898 - early 1900's. LOC / USN photo.
BB-1 Indiana 57k The crew of the Indiana (BB-01) crowd almost all of her open deck spaces, possibly during training exercises and fleet maneuvers after the war, and practice cruises for midshipmen of the Naval Academy before decommissioning 29 December 1903. USN photo courtesy of Robert Hurst. Partial text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-2 Massachusetts 132k Pre cruise fitting out of the Massachusetts (BB-02), at the New York Navy Yard, 1904, Indiana (BB-01) is in the background. USNI/USN photo.
BB-1 Indiana 82k Starboard side, prior to her modernization, circa 1905. Larry Proper / USN photo.
BB-1 Indiana 148k Steroscopic color tinted photo of the Indiana's (BB-01) bow view, by T.W. Ingersoll, circa 1905. Courtesy of Paul Petosky.
BB-1 Indiana 66k History of the Battleship Indiana (BB-01), reverse side of the steroscopic photo. Courtesy of Paul Petosky.

Additional Indiana Images
17 General Views Of Indiana From The Library Of Congress Server.
10 Interior Views Of Indiana From The Library Of Congress Server.
6 War Time Gray Images From The Library Of Congress Server.

USS INDIANA BB-1 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable To This Ship
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Battleship Pages By Andrew Toppan.
Links To Various Related Indiana Web Resources.

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